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The first page of Stan's articles about the Hurricane of 1938 is here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RL3axbjAotwdqZu4lqpGgkJyiMfv_YB2/view?usp=sharing

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Barbara, you are a fare better reporter than I am! Thank you!

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It helps to have access to newspapers.com. :-)))

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Barbara, how did you find it? is the rest of the section available? Now, of course, I'm getting greedy!

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I have a subscription to newspapers.com. They have the entire Day archives -- they just acquired them maybe 2 years ago. It's a treasure trove! You can get a trial subscription and look up the special section from 1988 (search for simon+hurricane+1938 and limit the publican year to 1988). Or if you have Ancestry, you can also get access that way.

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What a rich life!

As someone who took a week’s long sailing class in Captiva many years ago, I marvel at his ability to continue on alone in his sailboat!

Perfect quote at the end, too. One of my favorites.

Thank you for letting us know about your friend. May his memory be a blessing.

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Thank you, Sy Anne! That story still makes me laugh!

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What a story! What a man!

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One of those people you were lucky to know.

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So true!

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When I saw the picture of Stan, my heart jumped. He has that same twinkle in his eyes that my dad had. I know he must have been a wonderful friend with a great personality, sense of humor, and warm sensitive heart. Thanks for sharing.

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Thank you,

Kate! He was a good man. As your dad was, I’m sure.

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Thank you for the heart felt story of your friend.

My hope is that any information lost during this current administration will have been saved and will be restored when we regain control of democracy.

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I understand the wayback machine is saving everything

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Ah, you make me wish I had known Stan. I will. One day. That's what my faith teaches me, and I'm holding onto that promise.

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Yes, my dear, you will. But not anytime soon!

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Well, that's the hope. Although I must say, I really don't want to overstay my welcome. In my experience, that's never pretty.

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😢

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Beautiful story. Thanks for letting me know Stan.

Interesting that our book club just finished West With Giraffes and that book starts with the hurricane of 1938. It’s an amazing “true” story

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Thanks to Barbara Nagy for her research prowess. That opening scene by Stan Simon is heart-thumping in detail. It's cinematic! And Maura you have written one of the most touching eulogies I've ever read, living up to “Charlotte’s Web,” “It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer.” Brava!

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What a great story, Maura. Very inspiring. I hope the journalism industry of the future will be able to cultivate and nurture great journalists like Stan. I have my doubts. One I knew who would now be in his 80s, shortly before he died, in a public letter to the newspaper owners who sold a once-great publication to a hedge fund in a bankruptcy sale, was "you have ruined us."

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Thanks Maura. Yes. this was a good story. I also enjoyed Stan's comment to you about too much storytelling and not enough showing. I have been trying to follow an Oped project mentor's view of doing "Show" and "Tell"....maybe that's the same thing.

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Your words brought tears of joy and thanksgiving for such a man. I think he would be proud of you. Thank you for introducing us to a great reporter and human being.

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